Sentence examples for reduced prescribing from inspiring English sources
In addition to time saving, not having paper reduced prescribing costs from e-prescribing and reduced diagnostic tests were perceived to bring the potential for cost saving efficiencies.
41 45 52 65 67–67 Multidisciplinary interventions using interrelated educational and behavioural modification strategies significantly reduced prescribing errors.
The most common changes to care were to reduce the burden of health care: reduced prescribing, surveillance, exempting the patient from protocol defined care pathways.
Finally, a study from Malawi found that the training of lay workers as pharmacy assistants reduced prescribing errors by 25% by unburdening the system [ 49].
23 This shows that a lower proportion of children on the GMS scheme are being prescribed BZD than adults, and while the current trends show reduced prescribing rates, they also highlight the need for more large-scale, well-designed studies that address the safety concerns associated with prescribing BZD to children, the clinical indication for the BZD, the dosage and duration of prescribing.
Overall, RDT supported diagnosis had little or no effect on the number of participants remaining unwell at four to seven days after treatment (6990 participants, five trials, low quality evidence); but using RDTs reduced prescribing of antimalarials by up to three-quarters (17,287 participants, seven trials, moderate quality evidence).
In the feedback group, the (improved) quality of inhalation technique in the individual patient was reported to the physicians resulting in reduced prescribed salbutamol doses.
It was hypothesized that redesigned DDI alerts would significantly improve prescribers' efficiency and reduce prescribing errors.
The only explanation is a cautious prescribing attitude of physicians to reduce prescribing medications that have a higher risk of side effects for older patients with multiple comorbidities.
A multifaceted intervention was conducted to reduce prescribing errors in handwritten medication orders written by house staff.
Our objective was to apply human factors principles to creatinine clearance alert design and assess whether the redesigned alerts increase usability and reduce prescribing errors compared with the original alerts.
